Pickleball, considered as the fastest growing sport in the US and in other parts of the world the last five years, expects to pick up steam in the local sporting front with Ayala Malls at the forefront of boosting its popularity through staging of clinics and inter-mall tournaments at its mall chains.

'We feel it's a unique sport that can bring lots of different types of people together and in my eyes, this fits perfectly into what we want Ayala Malls to be – a place where everybody is welcome and at home,' said Mariana Zobel de Ayala of Ayala Malls.